Insert Coin - The Making of Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam and other Killer Games - Full Length Documentary

[@thornstrikesback]

Being in my 40's allows me to really appreciate the interviews in this doco, but at the same time allows me to remember everything they are talking about. I still remember my first time playing T2 at my local arcade. It was the first game I felt ripped off because I died so quickly, but also didn't hesitate putting more money in just to see what scenes from the movie were in the game 😄

[@JonnyCrist999]

same im from chicago and i take pride in that mk1 was made in chicago man take us back to 1992 id still love to have one of those mk arcades

[@angrybarstewardlive3004]

This was an epic watch. Pure nostolgia trip. Nothing like the arcades back in the day.

[@RetroGamingNook]

This doc is an absolute gift. I sure do miss Williams arcade games and pinball. Looking back, the 90s were as amazing as the 80s in a slightly different way due to the advancement in tech.

[@leonardpersin9694]

Thanks for making my childhood amazing!

[@KevCummins]

Incredible documentary - please keep making these

[@SecondLifeAround]

This needs to go viral!

[@insertcoindoc]

Let's do it!

[@SonicEXEProductions]

@@insertcoindocno offense but that’s he most npc thing I’ve heard today

[@rodneyabrett]

That was so good! Hearing Tim Kitzrow do the NBA Jam announcer voices put an ear to ear smile on my face. 😃

[@insertcoindoc]

Glad you liked it! Please share this film out!

[@rodneyabrett]

@@insertcoindoc I shared it on my work slack. I work at a fairly large video game studio and there's a lot of older gamers like myself that would also enjoy this trip down memory lane! Cheers

[@higgins007]

Check out the GDC presentation. Seems like a really top dude, great sense of humor.

[@AndrewInterviews]

Excellent documentary - really tells the behind the scene story of the arcade era - I absolved loved 💕 watching this, brought back the best memories of an awesome time

[@CoinOpTV]

Gotta love those classics!

[@brutaus]

Great film, I’ve always loved midway and Williams since I was a kid

[@Meday354]

Pure nostalgia, felt like I went back in time. Loving this documentary

[@JohnnyBlade12]

Man I loved Cruisin' USA. I played it first on N64 but I loved it in the arcade also. I had so much fun with it.

[@matthewvandenbranden7629]

This hits in so many different ways happy to sad bring a 45 year old who grew up with all of this, thank you to everyone in this video and who participated in making this. Bitterfrickingsweet

[@ENigma-um8zw]

In the 90s the three Mortal Kombat games on arcade was such a huge deal for those of us alive and there at the time. Revolutionary games, so much fun was had.

[@keithkolmos5933]

This is a great documentary. I worked in coin-op in the 90s. This brought back so many memories. Thank you so much!

[@lonreed9743]

I’ll never forget the feeling i had when I seen a flyer from Electronics Boutique with Mortal Kombat. I took it home, cut it out and pinned it on my wall. It was coming to Super Nintendo and I was there on Mortal Monday in September. I have the flyer framed on my wall now!

[@ninjagrinder]

I still remember when I streamed it through one of those virtual cinemas and then finally got a hold of my BluRay copy, pin included. I lost count of how many times I've watched this, thank you so much for putting it together and sharing it again!

[@bshaw71]

Uncle Eugene, as always, is awesome..Turmell is stellar.. as is everyone else in the video. Much appreciate the time that went into making this! Also: non-competes should be illegal.

[@RoyArkon]

Awesome documentary. Both the early Mortal Kombat games and WWE WrestleMania the Arcade game were games that had a gigantic impact on my childhood and my life overall. Also gotta give a huge shoutout to Acclaim for making the home ports of these games and other games as well, and of course NetherRealm Studios and WB games. MK is still going strong today and I'm having a blast just like I had back then.

[@stefanozambon14]

This is freaking awesome. Hard to understand why your channel hasn't exploded yet, please everyone spread this link out!

[@DavidRodriguez-jn7sg]

Street Fighter 2 and MK basically kept the arcades alive for 10 extra years.

[@OttawaInHD]

Love those games

[@prophismusic]

One is a fighting game, and one is a joke. I like fighting games, I like jokes.

[@ibDirtyGlasses]

Capcom ruled the arcades after SFII

[@mortalkombatarcadelover4479]

Fighting games need to come back at places like Dave & Busters.

[@DemiGodX]

Let’s not forget Dance Dance Revolution

[@josenooitmeer]

hi is a very good docu. alright thanks i luved all your games williams and midway.....wow miss these days damn!!!!😎📱📲📺💯💯

[@TwinCityShredder]

I'd like to thank these nerds for playing a huge part in my childhood. And yes we knew all the fatalities by the first weekend.

[@Coolremac]

This is a very informative documentary! Well done!

[@RobsRetroGaming]

This is an awesome documentary!!!

[@Bramon83]

this is SO good. i love this so much. thanks for such an amazing doc, two thumbs up!

[@insertcoindoc]

Thank you! Please share out!

[@nevereadyone]

cool doc! loved it. Thanks so much for sharing (and doing it)!

[@AndikaThe2000]

I watch it 4 years ago of this Insert Coin documentary. Whenever i still like Midway Games especially with its franchise Spy Hunter and Mortal Kombat, then i still like this documentary video as well. Great stuff! 🎮 🧢 😁 👍

[@Brian2532010]

Amazing doc! Loooove it. Wish there was a mention of the MK movie soundtrack, I had that on repeat.

[@moot6794]

Great documentary. Thank you for sharing it.

[@VOAN]

I remember that time me and a friend of mine were at a pizza place where they had an MKII machine setup. We had so many quarters in change from our pizza order that after finishing our meal we went to try the arcade out. My friend was getting so good with Reptile that we were at the arcade way longer than anyone thought and soon there was like 4 to 5 other guys coming to the arcade with us watching my friend going up the ladder getting close the ? opponent that when he actually get to Shang Tsung and Kintaro whenever he won a round everyone would cheer. Since we had to use all our quarters, we were basically at the arcade for about 3 hours at that point even to the point where the pizza place is already closed but the manager of the shop wanted to see through the end of the game that he let everyone stay until the game is beaten. Once we finally defeated Shao Kahn everyone was jumping for joy and giving us high fives. The manager even gave us a coupon for a free pizza the next time cause we made the night fun for everyone. That was the best time of our life back then.

[@stevenross-watt8640]

Awesome video. Thx

[@Nitrous2OH]

Ahh the days of Williams/Midway/Bally. We need these companies today. Best gaming times for me was because of them. Now we got WB etc and its not near the feeling of what made it so good once upon a time. I always go back to these older gaming goodness when I game. Great doc! And seeing the creator of the game that got me hooked on gaming as a kid (Q-Bert) speak on it was a treat! I'll take a new War Gods, Cruisin USA, Hydro Thunder, etc made by them any day.

[@AndikaThe2000]

I know i did watch this Insert Coin documentary and i will watch again during my 24th birthday in November 18th, but my favorite Midway game is Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (My childhood game played on my PS2 back then as a pre-teen), SpyHunter (Arcade) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Arcade. For what i know, the console or the SNES version published by Acclaim's LJN, but i more prefer of the arcade version of it). As i said it again, great stuff and great documentary! 🎮 🧢 😁👍

[@XaMaS35]

Just watched it. Excellent work! I really enjoyed seeing the story of how some of those games were made. Thank you!

[@insertcoindoc]

Thank you! That is super cool of you. Please share this out!

[@JoeDoesVoices]

I loved this! It was fun to hear all the backstories about my favourite games that I never knew about as a kid/teenager. After the Mario games years prior, Mortal Kombat 1-3 were my next great gaming obsessions. I used to study all of the moves and couldn't wait to try them out at the arcade at the weekend. My parents wished I'd studied for school with that kind of energy, haha. I had NARC on NES before I ever knew it had been an arcade game and loved it. Definitely had to use the Game Genie to get to the end, but I got stuck. Couldn't figure out how to beat Mr. Big. I got so irritated that I put a little "FOR SALE" sign on my copy of the game and didn't touch it for a few months. Haha I did eventually figure it out :) I played it in the arcade for the first time earlier this year! I loved all of these games. Thanks for uploading this!

[@insertcoindoc]

Thank you! Please share out!

[@BURRITO44]

Loved many Williams Midway games !! Awesome video !! Love Narc !!! So happy Narc was not cancelled !! It’s a very tough business to either make video games and own an arcade !! How about inventing the hardware plus the software !! We should all appreciate the hard work involved to bring us gamers great entertainment !!

[@insertcoindoc]

Thank you! Please share out!

[@daakrolb]

Man- I loved street fighter. But MK 2 & 3 were legendary also.

[@bishop_98]

38:23 - That's so badass watching the real kick

[@z0m813]

These games were HUGE in my younger years in the arcades I remember where I was exactly when I played some of these in the arcades

[@irick00]

This was entertaining and educational . More please 🙏

[@gaips]

Would love solo documentaries on WrestleMania and Mortal Kombat. Please make them and make a Kickstarter.

[@marcludwick512]

Couple of my favorites too. That would be awesome.

[@insertcoindoc]

There is a Wrestlemania segment on the blu-ray!

[@RealHomeRecording]

@@insertcoindoc nice! is that the one available on Amazon? I don't think it mentions bonus features...

[@gaips]

@ I know. I purchased it a long time ago. I just wish you had a documentary that covered solely WrestleMania and one that covered Mortal Kombat.

[@BUPMY1]

​@@gaipsWas the Blu Ray worth it?

[@Dorelaxen]

I met Mark Turmell a few years back when he was at a convention (his first, actually). That was when he first revealed the truth about NBA Jam and the Bulls/Celtics matchups. NBA Jam was the one and only sports game I've ever enjoyed. Mark was super cool and signed my SNES copy of the game and had endless interesting stories.

[@hamsandwichson]

I vividly remember Mortal Monday.

[@BURRITO44]

Robotron was phenomenal !! So was Smash TV !! Arch Rivals was great !! Terminator 2 was fantastic !! Plus -- Mortal Kombat !!! Fascinating video !!

[@insertcoindoc]

Thanks! We tried to include as many games as possible, so glad you liked those!

[@higgins007]

What a great docu. Thanks!

[@IndyAdvant]

Great doc! I remember seeing it in 2020.

[@mattschaeferdesign]

Everything about this is a great! Galloping Ghost (the best place on earth) featured! All the stories. Gerstmann. On and on. Warms the heart.

[@MyInkSpeaks]

This was such a lovely walk down nostalgia road. Btw was that an after credits scene to the sequel? Tony hawk doc maybe?

[@PinkneysDefiant]

Great doc! Thanks!

[@HATERSHAQ]

I've been a fan of many Williams, Midway and Capcom games for over a decade since I've had a PS2...now that I'm 30 years old, I still like arcades and own these games on MAME.

[@insertcoindoc]

The games still hold up! Thank you!

[@mbf6160]

I hope midway rerelease all the midway classics on modern consoles or at least the switch 😎🤙🏾

[@AdamsDuhStuff]

This is epic! I love it so much. Please make a better custom thumbnail (unless you already have by now). Also, in the future please make sure your audio mix is good to go with MeterPlugs Loudness Penalty. Commercial breaks are LOUD!

[@insertcoindoc]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@gummybums]

Credit to raw thrills. Their arcade games are fantastic. All of them are so fun to play.

[@k.k8291]

Great documentary

[@insertcoindoc]

Thank you! Please share out!

[@INTERLOKOMKP]

Rock & Roll! Joe Perry: I won't say that

[@Bramon83]

did in the most perfectly subdued way. i loved that too. this was SOOOOO good

[@regys9521]

I always thought that in the future games would be for free for all and it would be the best moment ever, and i couldn't be more wrong

[@Narcolepsykid]

These are the only kind of games i like. They should make more retouched classic games.Aerosmiths 9 lives also was an inhanced cd with a guitar hero like game.

[@MrScaryel]

Like from Russia❤ MK the most important part of my childhood.

[@MrTacoHuman]

21:16, man with a ciggy playing arcade games, image burned into head. such a vibe.

[@bzhmaddog]

Loved it

[@XXXXX8]

Shoutout to Savant. Been listening to him for well over a decade now. SWOUP

[@Par-Crom]

Good job, it's a really good documentary. Now I have a complaint about the music volume. To give some details, I'm a headphone user. Through the documentary I had to focus more on doing the volume DJ (to react when the music will hit my ears which does happen essentially when nobody's talking ; or sometimes to raise the volume up to better understand what the people are telling because the music can be covering their voice), than just sit up, listen to these awesome people and enjoy my 1h40. I don't know if there's a chance that this be fixed in the future. Maybe this problem don't affect a large number of users I can recognize that, but anyway that was my experience. Cheers

[@Gabagool]

that one guy looks like the perfect marriage of henry rollins and patton oswalt; great doc

[@theflo1980]

Just Childhood ❤️

[@mjr2451]

I’m glad Midway got shut down just because of how poorly they treated their designers. The fact that Universal would be able to out lawyer Midway is a bit of cosmic justice.

[@ScottyPhoton]

1:33:00 The Grid is awesome. Funny enough galloping ghost arcade is where I've played it. 😄 I wish it had a PC remaster.

[@danboid]

Very interesting. I heard that NARC was the first 32 bit arcade game.

[@royalwithcheese1768]

He’s on Fiiire!

[@MackTheGovnah]

Never was able to beat any arcades when I was a kid (too poor) but this was a great documentary. I remember how MK stole a lot of the thunder from Street Fighter 2, and MK2 took all of it. IMO Mortal Kombat performed a fatality on the Street Fighter arcade dominance!

[@RoyArkon]

You said it dude!

[@chadhoganlive]

This is good stuff.

[@insertcoindoc]

Thank you! Please share out!

[@DEVGAMER1]

I worked at midway/williams home entertainment for 11 years. I remember the Tony Hawk Pitch coming in and wanting it badly but at the time I was in QA and had little to no say in anything. I remember Warkhawk being pitched, evaluating it too and saying it was great and management passing on it, was pretty frustrating.

[@insertcoindoc]

Amazing!

[@schaefdizzle8008]

Who attended the meeting and told Tony Hawk THPS would be trash??

[@timmarshall2062]

yeah man Eugene jarvis Defender just got done playing it is still that good i meant to say great

[@Bramon83]

neil one hell of a bossman

[@jpVari]

I played The Grid within the last year in a house in NJ. They had four setups so it's a fucking party. The game is awesome.

[@Bramon83]

bro.... not gunna lie, im totally jelly... bong rips and the grid... bet

[@TangiblesTracker]

Great

[@nathanddrews]

Still waiting on that Mortal Kombat HD remake they teased a few years ago...

[@SirJoelsuf1]

This was awesome. I would give anything for a movie adaptation of Smash TV.

[@KevCummins]

Thanks

[@insertcoindoc]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@ZenBerryz]

HYPE!

[@zewm]

damn they skipped NFL Blitz

[@migueldias8546]

The decline in the arcade really needed an outside perspective... I get why you are not going to blame yourself, we all don't do it... Interesting but too complaisant (I still give a Like to the video).

[@jonbourgoin182]

55:13 ahh yes, back when bad meant good! Pretty sure today it would be "bad ass" but back then it was..."I love the power glove, it's so bad"

[@Lewandabski]

We can do whatever we want 😂 40:46

[@Sammy1970]

That dude at the beginning looks like the quartering lmfao!!😂😂

[@Bramon83]

i know right, made me dislike him immediately and it took a min to figure out why..... ugh him and D-day cobra.... ugh

[@StarchildCity21]

Man I remember you couldn't go to any arcade without seeing NARC 😂, good times

[@whereiglowthebrightest6390]

I never knew about the secret characters on NBA Jam. Where they on the home console versions? Now MK left a big impression the first time I played it. It was on a big screen tv. It was over 😂

[@wyldink1]

Yeah, they were in the console ports, but also included new hidden characters that weren't in the arcade version. You can head over to places like Gamefaqs for the details on how to access them.

[@adammason4314]

1:19:50 Hearing Paul ws Anderson complain about being disappointed about the Mortal Kombat movie is kinda how I feel about all his whole career..

[@RossDaunis]

❤

[@jstevesonfire119]

NBAJam was obviously my sheesh.

[@CensorTube84]

I had no idea Linda Hamilton had a twin ! 🤯

[@zaturnneo]

Took my friend and I almost $30 to beat Revolution X.

[@drogba6487]

JCVD was exactly right. An actor who makes a living because of how uniquely his body moves would've been a fool to sell his motion capture IP to a company that could copy/paste it anywhere they wanted.

[@THEONLYGORE]

[@ashleighsmith2028]

Should have brought in the impact of Street Fighter 2 and sequels

[@SonicEXEProductions]

Should’ve made Techno Syndrome as the music for the Mortal Kombat section

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

It’s about time yall put this out. So much money lost but restricting access.

[@BlaizeV]

the lack of actual Ed Boon is unfortunate

[@garrettjohnsen]

1:29:13 is terrifying.

[@Ottophil]

Savant rules.